[388] The protests have disrupted national supply chains over uncertainty regarding public safety, a resurgence of COVID-19, and consumer confidence. More than 2,900 cases of police brutality have . [332][333], On May 28, hacktivist group Anonymous released a video to Facebook and the Minneapolis Police Department entitled "Anonymous Message To The Minneapolis Police Department", in which they state that they are going to seek revenge on the Minneapolis Police Department, and "expose their crimes to the world". [174], By December, the protest movement was still "deeply rooted" at George Floyd Square, an occupied protest of the East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue intersection in Minneapolis where Floyd was killed. [58][59][60][61][62], Cases of police misconduct and fatal use of force by law enforcement officers[63] in the U.S., particularly against African Americans, have long led the civil rights movement and other activists to protest against a lack of police accountability in incidents they see as involving excessive force. Many protests during the civil rights movement were in response to the perception of police brutality, including the 1965 Watts riots which resulted in the deaths of 34 people, mostly African Americans. Black Lives Matter protests attract not only BLM members but supporters and opponents, making it difficult to assign blame to BLM for particular incidents. At least 1,360 counties in the United States - roughly 40 per cent - have had some form of Black Lives Matter protests (demonstrations in Washington D.C.). Officials in Minnesota and elsewhere proactively mobilized counter-protest measures for Chauvin's trial, but it did not result in unrest like what happened immediately after Floyd's murder. [259], At least 104 incidents of vehicles driving into crowds of protesters, including eight involving police officers, were recorded from May 27 to September 5, with 39 drivers charged. There are scattered news reports that dont entirely back up each part of the claim, and we found no official figures. The episode originally aired less than one month after Floyd's murder, and was the only episode to feature this additional warning. Many works appeared on plywood that covered up boarded-up windows and doors as result of unrest. [393], On May 31, Walmart temporarily closed several hundred of its stores as a precaution. During recent protests in Colombia over inequality and police brutality, local activist groups say at least 43 people have been killed by police. "[245] Portland mayor Ted Wheeler demanded the agents be removed after citizens were detained far from the federal property agents were sent to protect. More than . The violent end of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, explained Seattle's police-free neighborhood started experiencing violence, but locals still don't trust the police. [425], Soon afterwards, the DOJ announced the arrest and charging of a man who was not only allegedly seen on video climbing up onto the Jackson statue and affixing a rope that was then used to try to pull the statue down, but had on June 20 helped destroy Gaetano Trentanove's 1901 Albert Pike Memorial statue near Washington's Judiciary Square by pulling it from its base and setting it on fire. After Eric Garner and George Floyd repeatedly said "I can't breathe" during their arrests, the phrase became a protest slogan against police brutality. The figures come from four recent polls - including one released by Civis Analytics - that found that 15 million people to 26 million people have been a part of demonstrations that spawned following the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. 27408: Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19", "Did Floyd Protests Lead to a Virus Surge? Actions included internal petition, questioning the CEO at an employee town hall, some resignations,[339] and an employee walkout. Anotherclaim surfaced Feb. 15 on Facebook. The victims include a 77-year-old man who was a retired St. Louis police captain and a 22-year-old woman from Davenport, Iowa. Frustrated by the lack of media coverage over the deaths of Nina Pop, who was stabbed in Sikeston, Missouri, on May 3 and Tony McDade, who was shot by police in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 27, artist and drag performer West Dakota and her mentor, drag queen Merrie Cherry, decided to organize a silent rally inspired by the 1917 NAACP Silent Parade. [164], By the end of June, more than 4,700 demonstrations had occurred in the United Statesa daily average of 140with an estimate of 15million and 26million total participants. In Portland, Oregon, however, Floyd's murder resulted in a yearlong period of "near-continuous protests" over racial injustice and police violence, at times featuring clashes between demonstrators and authorities and resulting in property damage. That means from 2014 to 2019, there were somewhere . The COVID-19 recession has eroded large parts of state budgets which have, subsequently, struggled to finance the police overtime pay, security costs, and infrastructure repairs related to the demonstrations. However, the post is wrong to claimprotesters saw no consequences in fact, over 10,000 protesters were arrested, most for low-level offenses. [404] Portland Public Schools was responding after protesters pulled down the Thomas Jefferson statue in front of Jefferson High School. Bibliography. [274] The American Academy of Ophthalmology has called on police departments to stop using rubber bullets for crowd control, writing in a statement that "Americans have the right to speak and congregate publicly and should be able to exercise that right without the fear of blindness. Kelly's aunt said she was the"bright, bubbly big personality in the room.. From Trayvon Martin to George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement continues to highlight Black lives lost to police and racial injustice. [305][306] One of the persons, Benjamin Ryan Teeter, a 22-year old from Hampstead, North Carolina, also pled guilty to several federal criminal charges. [20] To commemorate the one-year anniversary of his murder in a several-day event titled "One Year, What's Changed", the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Floyd's family, planned marches and rallies in Minneapolis, New York, and Houston for May 23, 2021, and called for two days of virtual activism everywhere in the United States in support of federal police reform legislation. Heres why: Some Facebook commenters focused on professional sports leagues support of Black Lives Matter when they read this Facebook post: "BLM injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage and gets celebrated by pro sports?". Official govt docs expose Michelle Obamas 14 year history as a man., "Woody Harrelsons 60 seconds in the middle of his monologue was cut out of the edits released after the show., BREAKING Trump preps Marines to stop presidential coup.. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. In the first month of BLM protests, shootings nearly doubled from 31 in 2019 to 61. . As of June 9, 450 New York City businesses had been looted or otherwise . In 2020, law enforcement agencies made more than 14,000 protest-related arrests, often detaining people who engaged in civil disobedience, as well as acts of violence. [44][45] The protests led to a wave of monument removals and name changes throughout the world[46] and occurred during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and amid the 2020 U.S. presidential election season. His family said he was not protesting. [165] Protests had occurred in over 40% of the counties in the United States. [162] On June 25, NPR reported that the hopes for passage were doubtful because they were "short-circuited by a lack of bipartisan consensus on an ultimate plan [and] the issue is likely stalled, potentially until after the fall election". [483][484] In June 2020, Disney announced that their theme park attraction Splash Mountain, which had been themed to the 1946 film Song of the South, controversial for its depiction of African Americans, would be re-themed based on the 2009 film The Princess and the Frog, which had Disney's first depiction of a black princess. ", U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered. In short, there isnt evidence to back the numbers in the claim or to blame Black Lives Matter for each part of the claim. However, given the frequent ways this word has been used to describe Black Lives Matter protesters, the 17-year-old murder victim Trayvon Martin, and sadly, almost every black victim of police brutality there is an . [414] BLM activists in London are calling for the removal of 60 statues of historical figures like Prime Ministers Charles Grey and William Gladstone, Horatio Nelson, Sir Francis Drake, King Charles II of England, Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Published Jun 5, 2020. The deaths have at times been overshadowed by the shocking images of chaos engulfing cities across America, from heavy-handed riot police . Based on our research, we rate PARTLY FALSE the claim that Black Lives Matter protesters caused $2 billion worth of damage and faced no consequences. [368], A week into the protests, The Washington Post stated that the current situation suggests that the status quo was undergoing a shock, with the article stating "the past days have suggested that something is changing. [240] In The Nation, Jeet Heer also called the actions unconstitutional and wrote that "The deployment of unidentified federal officers is particularly dangerous in Portland and elsewhere in America, because it could easily lead to right-wing militias' impersonating legal authorities and kidnapping citizens. ", People not vaccinated against COVID-19 came out the best. [400][401] The United States Navy followed suit on June 9 at the direction of Michael M. Gilday, the Chief of Naval Operations. Police areinvestigating and seeking witnesses of the incident. The killing of Michael Brown led to violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Younger and wealthier Americans are also participating in more of the demonstrations. His family loved him.. [490] The demonstrations thus sparked debate among commentators, political leaders, and health experts over coronavirus restrictions on gatherings. In total, 8,700 protests took place in major American cities during that time period. ACLED, a widely cited source for data on civilian casualties in Yemen, has been a non-partisan monitor of protests and violence in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Latin America, and launched its US Crisis Monitor in July, citing concerns over hate crimes and rising political violence. Black Lives Matter protests that have erupted across the United States may be the largest demonstrations in the country's history, with upwards of 26million people participating. Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey. James Scurlock:Scurlock, a 22-year-old Black man was shot and killed after an argument with a bar owner during a protest in Omaha on May 30. He's not resisting arrest or nothing. St. Petersburg, FL [175], In Boston, activists rallied on March 4, 2021, to demand the conviction of all four officers present at the scene of Floyd's murder and for local authorities to investigate past cases where police officers used excessive force. [179] In Maryland, a group gathered to pray that for justice for Floyd and his family as the jury began deliberations in the Chauvin criminal trial on April 19, 2021. But it has certainly reached a reflection point. Of the 8,700 protests, 574 of them were riots that saw mass looting and destruction. McAtee was known for his popular Louisville BBQ joint. [427][428][429][430] The flag contained the infamous Confederate symbol in the canton (upper left corner) of the flag, and was the last U.S. state flag to do so. [380][381] Everybody cared for him. [26][165], As of July 3, protests were ongoing. [394], A makeshift memorial emerged at the East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue intersection in Minneapolis where Floyd was murdered. As for the numbers claimed in the post, the U.S. Justice Department told us it does not have figures on officer injuries or property damage resulting from civil disturbances, and the FBI said it had no comment. Authorities allege Carrillo and an accomplice used the protestas cover for the killing. [289] Mass demonstrations of both peaceful and violent varieties have been linked to diminished consumer confidence and demand stemming from the public health risks of group gatherings amid COVID-19. [40], There have been numerous reports and videos of aggressive police actions using physical force including "batons, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets on protesters, bystanders and journalists, often without warning or seemingly unprovoked". [395][396][397], Scrutiny of, discussion of removal, and removal of civic symbols or names relating to the Confederate States of America (frequently associated with segregation and the Jim Crow era in the United States) has regained steam as protests have continued. ", "Celebration of life planned at George Floyd Square to mark year since he was killed by Minneapolis police", "Derek Chauvin's sentencing sparks relief but also resolve to keep fighting injustice", "Quietly, gradually, George Floyd Square is open to traffic for the first time since his murder", "A Celebration of Life at George Floyd Square", "State Trial Moved To June For 3 Fmr. [373], In late June, The Christian Science Monitor's editorial board wrote: "It may still be too soon to say the U.S. has reached a true inflection point in its treatment of its citizens of African descent. Three to go! Aaron Jay Danielson, a far-right Trump supporter, was shot after a rally in Portland in August. [269] Although some journalists have been attacked by protesters, over 80% of incidents involving violence against the news media were committed by law enforcement officers. 20006, Florida When you needed something done, he was the first to be there to help you out.. (AP). By Katelyn Burns Jul . Photo of electric charging station powered by diesel generator is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement. After the main protest group disbanded on the night of May 26, a much smaller group, numbering in the hundreds, spray-painted the building, threw rocks and bottles, broke a window at the station, and vandalized a squad car. [95] Some initial acts of property destruction on May 27 by a 32-year-old man with ties to white supremacist organizations, who local police investigators said was deliberately inciting racial tension, led to a chain reaction of fires and looting. Not only had Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for about seven minutes (including four minutes after Floyd stopped moving) but another video showed an additional two officers had also knelt on Floyd while another officer watched. After the death of George Floyd on May 25, protests and unrest have rocked Minneapolis and other cities. [408] Protesters defaced a statue of Philadelphia abolitionist Matthias Baldwin with the words "murderer" and "colonizer". His aunt said,John had a big heart. Princeton . By then, Floyd's murder had resulted in one of the largest civil rights protest movements in recent decades, and the MinneapolisSaint Paul region had experienced a prolonged series of protests and intermittent unrest over issues of police brutality and racial injustice. People initially came out to protest systemic racism and police violence, but say the federal response has raised the stakes. [26] By June 11, The New York Times reported that protest organizers relied on the E2EE app "to devise action plans and develop strategies for handling possible arrests for several years" and that downloads had "skyrocketed" with increased awareness of police monitoring leading protesters to use the app to communicate among themselves. An educator from the University of Washington said that the union has a history of protest and leftist politics since its founding: "[The ILWU] understood that division along the lines of race only benefited employers, because it weakened the efforts of workers to act together and to organize together. [302][303] Two had pled guilty by May 2021. On June 14, an estimated 15,000 people gathered outside the Brooklyn Museum at Grand Army Plaza for the Liberation March, a silent protest in response to police brutality and violence against black transgender women. The comments below have been moderated in advance. [286][287][288] and the Trump administration provided no further evidence for its claims. It's true that, in 2020, protests over Floyd's death were estimated to have caused about $2 billion in damage. [154] Organizations involved with #ShutDownSTEM day included Nature Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the American Physical Society. [405] The statues targeted included a bust of Ulysses S. Grant and statue of Theodore Roosevelt. Thousands of visitors protested and grieved at the site. Trump has portrayed people arrested in the protests as dangerous, left-wing radicals. Thank you for supporting our journalism. Most of the protesters killed this year were shot to death, and many of the incidents involved confrontations at protests that escalated and turned deadly when at least one of the people involved had a gun. As we reported two weeks after the protests began, a review of demonstrations in five major cities found that all of the protests started with violence, but then became largely peaceful. PBS-produced Race Matters: America After George Floyd reported on ongoing protests in communities over issues of police brutality a year after Floyd's death. Politico said the murder of George Floyd, captured on video, had "prompted a reckoning with racism [] for a wide swath of white America. [317], The video recorded of Floyd's arrest and death by Darneil Frazier on her mobile phone quickly went viral after she posted to Facebook a few hours later in the early morning hours of May 26. PolitiFactreported in June 2020 that, while protests in several major cities started with violence, most demonstrations across the country were largely peaceful. His family said he was at the store to pay his bill. Damage caused: In late June, Fox News reported that according to insurance experts and city officials, the Floyd protests could eclipse the 1992 Los Angeles riots to become the most expensive civil disturbance in U.S. history. ACLEDs dataset only focuses on political violence. [446] The Minneapolis police department banned police from using chokeholds;[447] Denver's police department also banned the use of chokeholds without exception, and also established new reporting requirements whenever a police officer holds a person at gunpoint. The protests, colloquially known as the"Freedom Convoy," began in late January after the Canadian government started requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for drivers crossing the U.S. border. [4] However, there was a scattered number of armed paramilitary-style militia movement groups and there were "several cases where members of these groups discharged firearms, causing chaos or injuring protesters". [347] Despite this evidence, U.S. Park Police officials said, "USPP officers and other assisting law enforcement partners did not use tear gas or OC Skat Shells to close the area at Lafayette Park",[348][349] adding that they only used "pepper balls" and "smoke canisters". Arkansas senator Tom Cotton also pushed for the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division to be deployed to quell the unrest, calling protesters "Antifa terrorists". [399], On June 5, making specific reference to events in Charlottesville in 2017, the United States Marine Corps banned the display of the Confederate Battle Flag at their installations. [387] A resurgence of COVID-19 (facilitated by mass protests) could exacerbate the 2020 stock market crash according to economists at RBC. We will be forever by your side': Secret Service sends moving message to Jimmy Carter, 98, as he receives hospice care, The Republican who owned 24 McDonald's restaurants and grew up without indoor plumbing: Kevin Hern wants to overhaul federal welfare to give benefits to those who really need it - and cut the $31 trillion debt, Perfect Princess! [307] A 26-year-old man from Boerne, Texas, who self-identified as a local leader of the Boogaloo movement, also faced federal riot charges for allegedly shooting 13 rounds from an AK-47-style machine gun into the Minneapolis third police precinct building while people were inside, looting it, and helping to set it on fire the night of May 28, 2020. [26] Protests in the aftermath of Floyd's murder were then considered the largest in United States history. [260] Since 2015, such actions have been encouraged against Black Lives Matter protests by "Run Them Over" and "All Lives Splatter" memes online, as well as items posted on Fox News and on social media by police officers. July 8, 201604:08. BLM protest on the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City on June 9, 2020 (Wikimedia Commons) Facebook; Twitter; . Remembering the Lives Lost and Businesses Destroyed During 'Mostly Peaceful' Riots. [491] In June 2020 the CDC released the "Considerations for Events and Gatherings" which assesses large gatherings where it is difficult for people to stay at least six feet apart, and where attendees travel from outside the local area as "highest risk". [219] On June 3, he said "If a city or state refuses to take the actions necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem. [26] On July 4, the Independence Day holiday in the United States, several protests were held, including in several cities where protests had been going on since the day after Floyd's murder. More: 'Peaceful protests got hijacked': Some criminals used George Floyd protests as cover for looting, police say. A Facebook Live livestream recorded by a bystander showed Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck. Michael Brown On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Cellphone data used to arrest the Idaho quadruple-murder suspect proves that criticism of the 2000 Mules movies use of cell data is unfounded. Clashes are common. From the coronavirus counters and the 2020 U.S. Census to the number of protests that were ignited around the globe and even to the ways ballots were counted, the year 2020 was about being counted in more ways than one. [323] Others used personal Twitter pages to post video documentation of the protests to highlight police and protesters actions, as well as points of the protests they felt would not be reported.

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